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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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No, there is a mod for the PC version that lets you though.
Are some quests companions invincible or something? I have Valkas(?) as a companion since i accepted his quest for revenge on the Silver Hand base up there in snowy mountains. I did some other quests with him like the Potema one where you have to fight waves of undeads while she shoot lightning at you and the guy never died, despite being at like 5% health and on his knee quite often. Maybe its because im playing on an easier mode.
Also i can't stop playing this damn game. I play for 2 hours and it feels like i've only played 15 minutes!
Also i can't stop playing this damn game. I play for 2 hours and it feels like i've only played 15 minutes!
Yeah well keep an eye out for that elf, because he does not give up so easily.
There are sixteen of them.
One is automatically part of one of the guild quest lines
A few can be ended in such a way that you don't get the artifact.
Three give a choice of two artifacts
One gives a choice of an artifacts or a boon
Some are easier to find and tied to one of the main cities.
A few only appear if you visit their shrine.
A lot don't appear as deadric quests when you first do them. Innocuous things like
finding a lost dog
participating in a drinking contest
Followers can't die unless killed by you or ongoing damage.
Some characters cannot die as they're required for quests and there's no "everybody's dead!!" ending like in Fallout: New Vegas.
Check out the apparel shop in Solitude. There are two vendors there and they usually have gloves as well as 0 weight shoes.
Again I wish I were part of the master race. I guess I'll continue to use steel arrows in that case.
AFAIK companions who are crucial to some story lines cannot die until they exhausted their role in the game.
that sucks, was one of my fav parts about oblivion. Hoping for a mod of some sorts.
Aesius
Member
For those of you that have a shitload of hours put into the game -- did you end up having to bump the difficulty up to Master to keep things somewhat challenging?
I'm only level 35, and I had to turn it up to Expert about 10 levels ago. I'm seriously just wrecking everyone and everything with ease. I can't imagine how much easier it will get once I max out my combat skills/perks.
I'm only level 35, and I had to turn it up to Expert about 10 levels ago. I'm seriously just wrecking everyone and everything with ease. I can't imagine how much easier it will get once I max out my combat skills/perks.
I married Aela and turned out quite a versatile wife: she's a follower, while at home opens a store, shares the money, can train you in archery and gives you quests.
Yup, used to one-shot dragons with a power attack, bandits couldn't even hurt me, etc. :/
I guess it makes sense since its a quest i got from him and he really wanted to come with me. I could keep him until the end just so i have a companion who cant die, but damn this guy is so weak, he takes a few hits and he is already on his knee, not to mention he has no ranged weapon. I want Lydia back.
Extraordinarily rare. Even the clothing shop in Solitude only has like one or two pairs every time it spawns. They're by far the hardest items to find in the game; I'm not sure why no one wears gloves in Skyrim.
I started on Master and have nowhere to turn it up to
I haven't even made any truly ridiculous equipment on this character!Aiming for the next character to be purely random loot or quest reward driven on his equipment. Should make things far more interesting!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
If you want to level up normally, you have to. On lesser difficulties you kill things too fast and end up not using your abilities enough to level your shit before you're finding yourself through most of the game.
See above about maxing stuff out. Still, you'll run into the occasional bandit leader or arch mage that makes you question if you're really dragonborn or not. Also don't wait too long to do your honor proving mission of the companions or you'll be stuck fighting 30 dragur deathlords.
Arjen
Member
I'm playing on normal, but i'm going to bump it up a notch. I'm oneshotting everything right now as an archer.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
I've come across several pairs of "gloves".
There's few pairs in the fort just west of Whiterun.
flyinpiranha
Member
That is why I keep this saved:
How to convert your 360 saves to PC saves.
That way when the GOTY edition comes out I'll be able to transfer all my stuff over to it. Or if a good enough mod comes out I'll just buy it hopefully on a Steam sale.
Ha, no. But I assume it's because I'm "pure" destruction almost with Illusion. I get wrecked when 2 or 3 people are in a cave and I run out of mana and potions. I'm probably going to just start wearing heavy armor and get that up by letting something attack me for a bit out in the wild.
CHEEZMO™;32907703 said:
Well most container contents are random, and it's not like I can't find -ANY- gloves. Having looked in every wardrobe/chest/dresser/end table in 4 of the major cities and about 40 dungeons I can safely say gloves are the one clothing item that has an extremely rare spawn rate. It's specific to the cloth ones; armor/gauntlets tend to be just as common as anything else.
Awesome. Will look it up when I get home.
For the Windhelm house, people say the early DB quest can break getting it thanks to killing someone that's part of a quest. Is that quest Blood on Ice? If so, do you just have to complete it? I saved a woman who was about to die and I can't remember if she was the important person.
Yeah I think so. It only triggered for me (spoilers about the Stormcloak questline)
after the invasion of Whiterun
I simply walked up to her while she was outside, waited until there weren't many guards around and whacked her. /shrug
Whoops. Looks like I'm not buying the Windhelm house then. That stinks. Might have to break into the console to bring her back to life.
Try Radiant Raiment in Solitude, they do have unenchanted/normal gloves there.
Ok thanks, going to join the Legion then (not excited about the idea but my char is a Dunmer).
Fuck you, random bandit.
I was on my way to Riften from Whiterun. I fought Dragons and Cave Bears and Witches and shit and won. Then there's this guy with his obvious "I was attacked! Follow me! Teehee no I'm the bandit" scheme attacked me. Turns out he and his friends were pretty strong, and I have to fight him on the edge of a waterfall. After the battle was won, I slipped into the waterfall and gloriously fell to my death.
Good thing I'm an F5 maniac. Fuck you, random bandit.
I was on my way to Riften from Whiterun. I fought Dragons and Cave Bears and Witches and shit and won. Then there's this guy with his obvious "I was attacked! Follow me! Teehee no I'm the bandit" scheme attacked me. Turns out he and his friends were pretty strong, and I have to fight him on the edge of a waterfall. After the battle was won, I slipped into the waterfall and gloriously fell to my death.
Good thing I'm an F5 maniac. Fuck you, random bandit.
Just had chance to read this. Thanks.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I haven't seen a single pair of gloves in the game, and I've been playing for 40+ hours.
regular gloves? Because i think i bought a pair from the clothing shop in solitude.
I actually had Valkas die during a giant & mammoth encounter on our way back from one of the companion quests. It was pretty hilarious having a stiff dead body follow me around and even attacking a wolf. Once we zoned into Whiterun though, he was back to normal.
You get perk points past level 50. I believe you can get good perks in 4 trees too.
I am 1h & block dude that has put points into sneak, archery, block, armor and 1h. In Archery I got up to the slow when zoomed and stagger 50% of the time most enemies. Nice to pelt at a distance especially when staggering.
How is the quick reflexes for blocking where it slows time when you block during an enemy power attack? I am really hesitant to take it..can you explain more the usefulness?
Quick Reflexes is pretty simple - if any enemy attacking you initiates a power attack while you have your shield raised, time dilation activates for about two seconds. You can do whatever you want during this period, whether to just use the window to interrupt the power attack with a shield bash or to lower the shield and circle around to their back and make the attack miss, giving you a free strike opportunity.
quick reflexes is one of my favorite perks so far. When a enemy comes at you with a strong attack time will slow down for a moment giving you an opportunity to shield bash them or hit them with a power attack.
Anyone else playing as a Light Armor Warrior?
Im putting points into !h, 2h, Blocking just so I can switch it up if I get the urge. Im level 27 so far and have been splitting my levels pretty evenly between health and stamina (not touching magicka)...but Im finding that stamina gets drained quickly in combat...is there a good number to get stamina to...and then just stop adding points and focus on health?
Ive recently bumped it up to Expert so the game still has some challenge every once in a while.
Im putting points into !h, 2h, Blocking just so I can switch it up if I get the urge. Im level 27 so far and have been splitting my levels pretty evenly between health and stamina (not touching magicka)...but Im finding that stamina gets drained quickly in combat...is there a good number to get stamina to...and then just stop adding points and focus on health?
Ive recently bumped it up to Expert so the game still has some challenge every once in a while.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Check the bandit fort West of Whiterun.
In there should be a named bandit - an oldish woman. In her room should be loads of different clothing.
Ah. Thanks for this. I'll have to try it sometime today.
Speaking of this whole quest chain...did anyone else here avoid this last part for a while and just use their skeleton key to help power level their lockpicking? I was thinking that maybe I should go back to the Ragged Flagon and start opening all of those practice chests in that one room. Or does that not work?
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
I've got a couple of shouts but no dragon souls at the moment. I've killed several dragons already, but they've all been found perched on a Shout Wall. I don't think I've had a single random encounter so far, and I could use some souls.
For reference, I'm level 22, completed the quest to climb the 7000 Steps and train with the Greybeards, but haven't gone beyond that yet in the main quest. I know others have complained about dragon attacks occurring too frequently, but at the moment, I could use a few more of 'em just to power things up!
For reference, I'm level 22, completed the quest to climb the 7000 Steps and train with the Greybeards, but haven't gone beyond that yet in the main quest. I know others have complained about dragon attacks occurring too frequently, but at the moment, I could use a few more of 'em just to power things up!
Uno Venova
Banned
This flame shout is a godsend, I'm actually considering increasing the difficulty because I've just been wrecking every dungeon now, I think I might save it for another playthrough as a completely different character though.
Yes, it should work fine, although there is an overall limit to armor's effectiveness. You can only block up to 80% of melee damage through armor. At some point you are likely to reach that limit through just workbenched heavy armor, at which point casting it would be a waste.
I started on Adept (default) then at level 25 (along the with the steam achievement expert) I bumped the it up to expert. The games difficulty is all over the place but I still run into enemies every no and then that will just wreck me if Im not careful.
Though Im still using stuff that I got from the begining of the game and have never upgraded my skyforge steel weapons (I go for looks over functionality as end game armor always looks silly and ridiculous).
I also havent even touched Enchanting or smithing yet which supposedly makes the game easier.
Ill probably bump it up to Master when I hit level 50.
Deified Data
Banned
Hammerfell was united. Skyrim is not, and never will. It's also common knowledge that the Dominion was severely weakened after being routed by the Empire. But they stil "won". Why? Because everyone recognizes their potential to dominate the entire continent. A united Empire is the only way to stop that. Individual provinces could never hope to stand against them in the long-term.
Anyone here know what the base damage for unarmed is in this game?
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Even though you can upgrade stuff to legendary, I wish there was a top-tier Nord equipment. The coolest weapons and armor in the game for a warrior are the Nordic steel line, but they're only level 2. They have skyforge steel and Nord hero weapons, so why not armor?
Cool - thanks. So doesn't seem much point going for the Ironflesh spell.
Are you sidequesting like crazy or what? I'm on hold with the main quest at the same point as you, but I've done half of the mages guild questline, and am almost done with the Companions questline. Also done a few random quests here and there. I'm level 12!
Re: Dragons. I've actually seen like 3 of them in the wild, circling around me. I get into position and prepare for the battle. Then I look up and see him just flying off into the distance. So, I've never actually fought in a random dragon encounter, but have seen them.
Unless that one when you enter
Winterhold
If you're playing a battlemage type, in the long run probably not. At lower levels it won't hurt since you'll be some distance from the armor cap (567 armor rating).
Does Mage Armor like Stoneflesh and Ironflesh help against magical attacks?